Highlands and the Old Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. A C19 Cottages.
Highlands and the Old Manor House
- WRENN ID
- last-gargoyle-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Highlands and the Old Manor House, Silver Street, Bourton
- OS grid reference
- SU 232 869
- Coordinates
- 51.58124, -1.66584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Manor House and Highlands consists of three cottages, now converted into two, and dates back to 1817. Constructed from limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, the building features a double-depth plan with a staircase located in the hall opposite the entry. It is designed in the late Georgian style and stands two stories tall with a six-window range arranged in a 2:2:2 facade. The facade includes cambered arches with rusticated grey keystones above three asymmetrically placed doors, one of which is now blocked, while the other two have late 20th-century ledged doors. Additionally, there are cambered arches with rusticated grey keystones above eight-pane sash windows. The building has a plain parapet and segmental pediments over square corner finials adorned with central wreaths. The end and ridge stacks feature moulded caps, and the hipped roof is obscured by the parapet.
Inside, there are some four-panelled doors, and opposite the entry, there is a straight-flight staircase with plain balusters and a moulded newel. The Old Manor House also has a three-window range and a gabled service wing at the rear, built in a similar style, which includes the original four-panelled door and late 19th-century two-light sash windows. There is a 20th-century extension at the rear of Highlands.
Local climate
Highlands and the Old Manor House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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